Workers were cutting pressurized water main before fatal rupture in The Villages, report says
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Two construction workers were cutting a pressurized water main with a saw when it ruptured Tuesday in The Villages, leaving one dead and another seriously injured, according to a newly obtained incident report.The Villages Public Safety Department report provides new details about the Nov. 10 incident near Harmony Drive and McNeill Drive, where emergency crews encountered a large excavation filled with water.Channel 9 previously reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the fatal incident.Site managers described cutting the pipeFirefighters arrived shortly before 8 a.m. and found a hole approximately 25 feet by 35 feet. The water prevented them from determining its depth.Site managers told responders that two men had been inside the excavation cutting a water main.“When they went to cut the water main with a saw the main was pressurized and blew,” the report states.One worker escaped. The other remained underwater.Managers pointed out where the tr